Duplicate Text Feld, New Text
This should be simple... I want to create a loop to create a duplicate text field. Each field calls on a numbered vairable (or array element) for its data to display. No matter how I write this, all duplicates display the current value for the currently created text field. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Posted on: 04-13-2006, 12:48 PM
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Hi all
just a quickie
I have the following code and am duplicating a movieClip with the duplicateMovieClip command.
for (n=1; n<=11; n++) {
duplicateMovieClip (controller, "controller"+n, 1+n);
setProperty ("controller"+n, _x, 10*n);
setProperty ("controller"+n, _y, 20*n);
}
The movieClip "controller" has a dynamic text box that i want to repopulate every time the clip is duplicated, with a different string.
I am trying to create a menu system
So, say i want have all clips lined up underneath each other, i can set the x and y position of each duplicated clip no problem.
I want the dynamic text field of the original instance to read "Option 1", Option 2", "Option 3".....etc, for each corresponding instance
What would be the last line of the duplicate Movieclip command to acheive this, somethin like
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this does not apear to work
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Hi everyone, please help me with this!
I am making a text effect which works out nicely, duplicating a movie clip with another movieclip inside which holds dynamic text which is replaced by the text I need to use. Everything works ok up to here. This is the script I use on the movie clip, located in the main timeline, 't' is the name given to the mc holding the other mc and the script, then 'letra' is the name of the mc within 't', holding the dynamic text, which is given the variable name 'letra':
onClipEvent (load) {
texto = "The text I need to use is this one";
nL = length(texto);
e = 8;
xI = -(nL/2)*e;
z = 0;
for (i=1; i<=nL; i++) {
letra.duplicateMovieClip("l"+i, i);
l = this["l"+i];
l.xF = xI+(e*(i-1));
l.xT = random(150)-75;
l.yT = random(100)-50;
l.letra = substring(texto, i, 1);
}
letra._visible = 0;
d1 = 150;
d2 = 100;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
for (i=1; i<=nL; i++) {
l = this["l"+i];
l._x += (l.xT-l._x)/10;
l._y += (l.yT-l._y)/10;
if (l._x<1 || l._x>-1) {
l.xT = random(d1)-(d1/2)+(l.xF*z);
l.yT = random(d2)-(d2/2)+(l.yF*z);
}
}
}
This works out perfect. Now my question. How do I make each of these duplicated movie clips, change its properties one at a time ( I want each one to grow in scale and fade slowly, one after the other)?? I've tried targeting the duplicated mc's from within the main timeline, by using a for loop, and it works, but I can't make the properties change progressivley (size and alpha change in one step in every mc at the same time, not slowly one after the other)...... PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks guys!
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Hi everyone, please help me with this!
I am making a text effect which works out nicely, duplicating a movie clip with another movieclip inside which holds dynamic text which is replaced by the text I need to use. Everything works ok up to here. This is the script I use on the movie clip, located in the main timeline, 't' is the name given to the mc holding the other mc and the script, then 'letra' is the name of the mc within 't', holding the dynamic text, which is given the variable name 'letra':
onClipEvent (load) {
texto = "The text I need to use is this one";
nL = length(texto);
e = 8;
xI = -(nL/2)*e;
z = 0;
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letra.duplicateMovieClip("l"+i, i);
l = this["l"+i];
l.xF = xI+(e*(i-1));
l.xT = random(150)-75;
l.yT = random(100)-50;
l.letra = substring(texto, i, 1);
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letra._visible = 0;
d1 = 150;
d2 = 100;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
for (i=1; i<=nL; i++) {
l = this["l"+i];
l._x += (l.xT-l._x)/10;
l._y += (l.yT-l._y)/10;
if (l._x<1 || l._x>-1) {
l.xT = random(d1)-(d1/2)+(l.xF*z);
l.yT = random(d2)-(d2/2)+(l.yF*z);
}
}
}
This works out perfect. Now my question. How do I make each of these duplicated movie clips, change its properties one at a time ( I want each one to grow in scale and fade slowly, one after the other)?? I've tried targeting the duplicated mc's from within the main timeline, by using a for loop, and it works, but I can't make the properties change progressivley (size and alpha change in one step in every mc at the same time, not slowly one after the other)...... PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks guys!
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Code:
var meuXML:XML = new XML ();
meuXML.ignoreWhite = true;
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nomeProduto = [];
meuXML.onLoad = function (okay) {
if (okay) {
var rootConteudo:XMLNode = this.firstChild;
for (var i = 0; i < rootConteudo.childNodes.length; i++) {
nomeProduto[i] = this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
mostrarTudo ();
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//
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nomeProdutos_mc._y = 0;
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}
XML
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<conteudo>
<dados>
<nomeProduto>Produto nș 1</nomeProduto>
</dados>
<dados>
<nomeProduto>Produto nș 2</nomeProduto>
</dados>
</conteudo>
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I am trying to create somenthing like this, I have mine MC with my dynamic text, I want that it only goes duplicating when I will be moving in the .xml file, looks at what I have so far, it it duplicates the MC and only it shows only 1 text from my .xml file.
AS
Code:
var meuXML:XML = new XML ();
meuXML.ignoreWhite = true;
var mostrarTexto = 0;
nomeProduto = [];
meuXML.onLoad = function (okay) {
if (okay) {
var rootConteudo:XMLNode = this.firstChild;
for (var i = 0; i < rootConteudo.childNodes.length; i++) {
nomeProduto[i] = this.firstChild.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
mostrarTudo ();
}
};
meuXML.load ("produtos2.xml");
//
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nomeProdutos_mc._y = 0;
nomeProduto_mc.nomeProduto_txt.text = nomeProduto[mostrarTexto];
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XML
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<conteudo>
<dados>
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</dados>
<dados>
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Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<conteudo>
<dados>
<nomeProduto>Produto nș 1</nomeProduto>
</dados>
<dados>
<nomeProduto>Produto nș 2</nomeProduto>
</dados>
</conteudo>
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PHP Code:
var i;
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<Newbie Alert ON>
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thnx
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mc.moveTo(x, y);
mc.lineTo(w, y);
mc.lineTo(w, h);
mc.lineTo(x, h);
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this.mcAgenzia._x = 200;
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duplicateMovieClip(this.mcArea, "mcArea"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
duplicateMovieClip(this.mcAgenzia, "mcAgenzia"+i, this.getNextHighestDepth());
eval("mcArea"+i)._y = i*10;
eval("mcAgenzia"+i)._y = i*10;
trace(eval("mcArea"+i).getDepth());
eval("mcArea"+i.ar).text = "****";
eval("mcAgenzia"+i.ag).text = "you";
eval("mcArea"+i)._y = i*20;
eval("mcAgenzia"+i)._y = i*20;
}
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message=Code: Cheat:
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CLAMPIRATE Bats Tower
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MONKEYSCHIN Uga Buga
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CHINDITVICTORY Weasel Henchmen
EATBOX Cavemen
RUSTYSHERIFFSBADGE Sergeant and Tediz Leader
BEEFCURTAINS Zombies and Villagers
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help with text files and paths
i need some help with input text field and text files.
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here's the problem:
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on my site, I wanted to just change the text. in the text scroller, and
place it in diffrent sections of my site a number of times with diffrent text.
I do not have a problem, copying and pasting the scroller.
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Let me know..and thank you all so much.
Load Text From A Text File Into A Dynamic Text Field
I'm trying to load text from a text file into a dynamic text field. The text field is on the "blog" page of the website. When I test my movie, the first time I go to the blog page, the text from the external text file (AND the CSS styles) show up fine. But when I click from the blog page to go to the "profit calculator" or "contact" pages and THEN click to go BACK to the blog page, the blog page animates back in, and right as the animation ends, the text on the blog page suddenly disappears and won't come back. PLEASE help me figure this out!
Dynamic Text Box / Xml Content - Text Is Too Close To Border Of Text Box
Hi,
If you take a look at my flash movie you will see that I have draggable movie clips, which contain dynamic text fields. These text fields contain text drawn in from a simple xml document.
The problem I have is that the text in the text fields is hedged right next to the border of the autosized text box. This makes them look untidy and in the worst case difficult to read. I wonder how I can add some margin to the left and right of the text to fill in some space.
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/home/ccz...AndDrop3.1.swf
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/home/ccz...AndDrop3.1.fla
(you also need the xml doc at : http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/home/ccz...scriptions.xml )
The code which formats the text boxes is:
with (main["dragAct"+i].dragActText) {
text = actText[i+1];
background = true;
backgroundColor = "0xe2e2e2";
setTextFormat(myFormat);
autoSize = "center";
border = true;
borderColor = "0x666699";
}
my text formatting looks like this, and you can see that I have tried to use leftMargin / rightMargin but these properties don't seem to work:
var myFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat("Tahoma", 12);
myFormat.leftMargin = 20;
myFormat.rightMargin = 20;
myFormat.bold = true;
Any suggestions most welcome.
Thanks
Getting A Dynamic Text Box's Text From HTML-formatted Text?
Hey! You recognize me yet? I've got (hopefully) one last question for a while. Could somebody please tell me how do to get the text value of a text box with text that's formatted as HTML? ( it was formatted similar to "textBox.htmlText = "...";")
I tried "myVariable = textBox.htmlText", but it just gave me the formatting garbage it's using (<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="2"><P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Verdana" SIZE="12" COLOR="#000000"></FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>) without the actual text that my users see. I also tried "myVariable = textBox.text;", but it returned a blank variable.
Many thanks, me Flash bruthas
Furry
Dynamic Text, Loading Text From Text File
I have a large text file, full of, believe it or not, alot of text. When it loads into the textbox in flash, it cuts off after a certain amount of lines. How many lines does it cutt off at and if I can, how do I increase this? THanks
Loading Ext. Text Into Scrolling Text Box. Problem With Text? Help Please?
Hi,
I am hoping someone can help me. I am loading an external text file into a scrolling text box. I was able to get my box and buttons, scroll bar, etc to work correctly. However, I am having two other problems that I cannot figure out.
1) My text file that I am loading is several lines long (320 or so), however, when I test my movie only the first 20 lines of the text shows up. How can I make all of my text show up? I will be adding to this text file over time and adding updates to it. So the text will gradually have more lines added over time.
2) The 20 lines of text that is showing up is all double-spaced, while the text in my text file is single spaced. How do I make my text show up single spaced? I checked the paragraph settings of my text box and everything is set to zero. What can I do fix this?
I am using Flash 5.0 and I created my text in Metapad.
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.
How To Add Text To Dynamic Text Field Where Text Cursor Is. Please Help
Hello,
How do you, if possible, can add text to a dynamic text field on where the text cursor.
Example:
| = text cursor
by pressing a button I want to add "How are you?" where the cursor is
____________________________________________
Hello
|
Bye
____________________________________________
Results:
____________________________________________
Hello
How are you?|
Bye
____________________________________________
Please Help!
Thank you in advance!
Trying To Pass Text From Form Text Field To A Flash Dynamic Text Field
Hi, I was hoping someone might enlighten me as to how/if I can do this...
Currently I'm using javascript which works fine to pass text from textfield A to textfield B:
Code:
window.onload=function()
{
document.forms.form1.shirtText.value=document.forms.form1.KitGroupID_16_TextOption_38.value
}
Is there a way to pass the textfield A text to a dynamic text input (flash) as I'd like to use the font embedding flash offers. I can make it work when loading a value from a txt file but I'm not sure how to access the value identified above as KitGroupID_16_TextOption_38 and make it appear in a dynamic input box. Eventually I might want to have 3 font choices for the user but I'd like to just see if I can get this working properly first.
Your help/advice would be greatly appreciated,
-Scott
One Text Box, Each Button Loads Different Text Into That Text Box
I was wondering how I would go about this...I have one text box and I want to have each button load different text into that text box for my webpage. How would I go about coding that so when I click on home it would load the text for the home page and when I click on contact it would load the text for the contact page.
Arabic Text (RTL Text) Containing English Text
Hi,
I am having difficulties in displaying English text within Arabic text without changing the sequence of the text.
Actual Text:
"القائمة" Menu إضغط زر
What the text is shown on Flash:
إضغط زر Menu "القائمة"
Anybody has any solution or work around solution?
Thanks!
Duplicating Text In One Text Input Box To Another Text Box
I have 3 text input boxes in one scene.
I want the user to type his name into the first box. When a button is clicked the user's name goes into the second box.
A new user comes along, and types his name into the first box. After clicking the button, the new user's name is moved to the 2nd box, while the name that was in the second box, moves into a third box.
I can get the first action to occur (user's name into 2nd box after clicking button) but I can't get the 2nd name to move into the third box.
It is just making me crazy. Any ideas are much appreciated!!
Duplicate Movieclip, Drag Duplicate, Leave Original Behind
Hello all,
I have been searching frantically for an answer to this. I know it has to be easy....
I want to duplicate a movieclip on press and also drag the duplicate, leaving the original behind. I've attached a sample of what I'm doing. Does anyone have any ideas? Is there a way to target the duplicated movieclip to drag that? And leave the original in it's original location?
Any help, guidance, nudging would be greatly appreciated. I've been trying to figure this out for hours.
Thanks,
jessicuh
Dynamic Text Box Jumping To A Section Of Text File Based On Date Stamp
I am VERY new to Flash MX (version 6) and need some help.
I want to build a text file with different messages that are listed/identified by a date stamp, and then have a flash program to display these messages based on whatever the current date is.
Is this possible? How do I build the text file? Do I need separate text files for each message? What ActionScript code do I use to identify the current date, and then display the appropriate message with the current date.
Any help, tutorial or guidance is appreciated. Thanks!
External Text; Html Text And Embedding Fonts Question - Probably A Quick Solution
I've been reading every post on this that I can find, and so far, I have not stumbled on the solution.
I have a dynamic text box and a text box variable. I load an external text file into the variable and then load the variable into the dynamic text box. The file that gets loaded changes via different buttons pressed. That's working just fine.
The "real" problem is the double line breaks you get when loading in external text. The only way I have found, so far, to solve that is to set the text box to use htmlText and then use the myText.condenseWhite = true; function. That works also. BUT, when set to render text as html, I can no longer embed the fonts. If I try to embed the fonts, the text no longer appears. If the fonts are not embedded, they look bad.
Is there a simple, or not so simple solution? I need very clean looking text that does not have double spaces between lines. Here is a bit of the simple code I'm using. This is attached to a button.
Code:
on (press) {
Spec_txt.autoSize = "left";
Spec_txt.border = true;
Spec_txt.multiline = true;
Spec_txt.wordWrap = false;
Spec_txt.html = true;
Spec_txt.condenseWhite = true;
//Spec_txt.embedFonts = true;
myData = new LoadVars();
myData.onLoad = function(){
Spec_txt.htmlText = this.content;
};
myData.load("parafix.txt");
}
I've had to comment out the embedFonts attribute. When it is enabled, the text does not show.
Thanks for the help.
Changing Font And Size Of Text Added To Dynamically Created Text Fields
Whew.. That long-winded subject line pretty much covers it.
Link
In the galleries, I have text I am adding to a movieClip. I have been able to add the description text, change it's colour, but the font and size are not responding. I'm using FlashMX2004. Can anyone show me what I'm doing wrong? Here's the pertinent code:
_parent.Gallery.createTextField(["Txt_" + CVar], _parent.LevelCount + 1000, 175, _parent.EntryY, 325, 110);
_parent.Gallery["Txt_" + CVar].font = "Arial";
_parent.Gallery["Txt_" + CVar].text = _parent.Description[AVar];
_parent.Gallery["Txt_" + CVar].textColor = 0xFFFFFF;
_parent.Gallery["Txt_" + CVar].textSize = 25;
Thanks so much!
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